Friday, October 19, 2018

Random Toy of the Day: WellieWishers MegaConstrux Kendall

It's been a complicated summer, which is why I've been away. I'll probably post details in my annual wrap-up at the end of the year, but in the meantime let's get back into the toy chest!

I'm staying in Toronto at the moment, and I recently visited the Samko/Miko toy and children's book discount warehouse that's north of the city. While I was primarily there to pick up books as gifts for friends, I did pick up a three toys for review. The first of the three is an American Girl WellieWishers mini block figure from Mega Construx (a version of Mega Blox).

These figures normally retail for around $8CDN, but at the warehouse they were on for $2CDN. So of course I had to bring one home! I was tempted to pick up Ashlyn (since that's the full size doll I own), but I wasn't a fan of the way her long hair translated to the block format. So instead I brought home Kendall.

Let's take a closer look!

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The front of the box. For such a small figure, the packaging wasalmost absurdly large. And strangely enough, it doesn't includethe character name.

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The back of the box, which includes photos of all five charactersin the line. And again, doesn't mention their names.

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Along with the doll and her stand, this flyer was included.Once again, it fails to mention the character names.

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A view from above of Kendall on her pink brick stand.

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The rear view.Compared to most block figures, Kendall has very few pointsof articulation: just five (neck, shoulders, hips)

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A comparison to the Assassin's Creed and Monster High Mega figures.In addition to having fewer points of articulation (9 on the AC, 7 on the MH)the sculpted details are also much simpler than those on the AC figure.In terms of size, Kendall is right in between the other two.

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A parting glance.

And that's it! I'm looking forward to catching up on everyone else's figure and doll adventures of the summer now. :)

10 comments:

Kendall looks so cute, congrats on bringing her home. I have seen some of these, while surfing the net, and I think they are adorable - especially Willa. Her hair looks OK, but I can understand the thoughts about Ashlyn's hair. Some hair in block form can be rather different compared to the real doll. Glad you found Kendall and that she was to your liking!

I have never seen these before...you've heard that from me in the past about many things, I'm sure of it...but she is cute. I think she'd make a nice doll ornament for a bigger doll. I think Kendal is my favourite of the Welly Wishers in the bigger size :)xx

She's very cute! Her little face I still quite expressive to me, compared to the MH ones. The only WW I've seen in person is Willa I believe. These small toys are so fun to cart around and photography :-).